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Port I'arafa. Sliuwini; Ducks and Warehouses. New Hotel I'.uiUiing Shown in 

 Central Foreground. 



is (•(iiiippi'tl with two tr:ii-ks, and the other is aiJiiroxiniately 4."0 feet in length, 

 etiuipped wiili four tracks. The shorter pier luis pipe line (dnnection leading to oil 

 tanks on the mainland from which steamers can take oil lunikcrs. The Texas Com- 

 pany has constructed a large tank at this point and additional tanks are under con- 

 tract. There are at present six modern warehouses of corrugated sheet metal con- 

 struction, whicli. witli tlic additions under way, will have a cai)acily for storage of 

 one million hags of sugar. 



A Custom House with proper representation is located here and steamers can 

 •enter and clear without the necessity of going to the port of Xuevitas. 



A modern hotel is heing constructed at the terminal of white stone material 

 -and will lie located on the highest part of the Point overlooking the hay ; the hotel 

 will have comfortahle accommodations for fifty persons, with in-ovisiion for future 

 -enlargement. 



It is necessary at the present time to haul all the fresh water from a distant point 

 to the terminal, hut njans are under way to lay a i>ii(e line from the Klver Maximo, 

 •eighteen nnles distant, which will give ample supply of fresh water for lioth the ter- 

 jiiinal and city of Xuevitas. 



Mr. 'I'arafa, the ])i-omoter and Iniildei' of the Xortli Coast Kailroad and ternnnal, 

 is providing heautiful homes for his employes at this point. The houses are of cement 

 construction with tiled roof, and will he fitted with all the modern sanitary con- 

 veniences. 



An autoinohile highway is under construction to the city and jiort of Xuevitas. 

 This will shorten the distance hetween the two points to three miles and make com- 

 munication possihle l)y automol>ile in seven minutes. 



Owing to its natural location as a seaport, Port Tarafa has heen developed most 

 economically when comi)ared with the cost of other port developments in Cuha, and 

 Inds fair, with the help of Pastelillo, which is only four miles away, to make X'uevitas 

 the first seaport in importance on the Island. 



The Xorth Coast Railroad equipment is of the best type and the locomotives are 

 all eiiuipped to burn fuel oil. The traffic now provides for one passenger train daily 



